Open letter sent directly to the site through contact link at the bottom of every page...
I will continue to suggest that some of the out dated names on this site are freed up to be enjoyed by those of us that still frequent the forum pages on a daily basis. There is absolutely no legitimate reason ever given by anyone why it can't happen when I post it in the site suggestions section then even though I have twice as many yes votes as no votes the dictatorial powers that be choose to blatently close my post without just cause. They attempt to shut it down before all of the votes can even be tallied, knowing if everyones voice was heard on the subject I am willing to gauge it at an overwhelming 80% or higher want this to happen. I am sending this statement here and I WILL be posting it again. Do what you will to me for speaking freely on the subject, anything that is done will only further reflect the staffs rigid unwillingness to adjust themselves to better fit the majority of the people whom they are supposed to be here to help. Thank you for your time!An Open Letter To The Staff Of D2Jsp.Org
To whom it may concern,
I wish to point out a small potential improvement that could easily be made to the functionality of this website. This change could in theory bring a great deal of advancement to the way the community interacts with the forum pages. Implementation of this change could easily be handled by the webmaster in a matter of just hours.
Simply stated, there needs to be a method by which active users of this site can acquire the account names of others who have been inactive for more than five years. Not to be confused with acquiring their account, but rather just the name that is more than likely not ever going to be used again. The concept I have devised is actually quite easy, and could even potentially be lucrative for the site itself.
Whether it be to charge a monetary donation to the site for access to a name, or to simply charge double the cost of a normal name change to cover the other account having its name changed, there is still profit to be made from the added function. This process could even go so far as to be handled by a designated staff member, and go through much the same approval process as any of the donor forums real life trades. Assuming that it is approved, a simple message is sent to the account whose name is being taken on both the website itself as well as to their registered email address.
The email would be to inform the potentially returning user that their inactivity has cost them the account name they once had, and their new account name is 'xzycbgvdbn' with the original password remaining the same. The user should also be added to a "Dead List" that would contain all the important information about when the name change took place. Should the old user of that name actually return, it would be up to them to either enjoy themselves on their new name or acquire a different one at their own discretion. To that end, it is simply the price they pay for having left the community for so damn long in the first place.
In closing, I would really like for some of you reading this open letter who haven't had the chance to contemplate it yet...just stop a moment and think about FIVE years. Any account that has been inactive for that long or longer will more than likely stay that way until the end, so what is to stop the staff from simply leaving the account untouched and changing it's name over to something less useful? The name that I wish to acquire through this new method is far beyond even the parameters I have set forth in this letter. I'll not say the name here, but I will go so far as to say that it was created in 2003 and has not ever had a single post, the forum gold has always been at 0.00, not one thing about the profile changed, and the user has not been seen in 3075 days! Why on earth are the staff protecting this antiquated relic?
Please vote in the poll topic whether or not you feel this would be an amazing opportunity for those of us who still actively use this site on a daily basis, and if you have anything to add please leave your opinions here in this thread. Thanks!Linkings to the past two times they have decided not to give any explanation at all why they are unwilling to consider this, followed by a closing of the topic for no just reason at all.
http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=61591197&f=258http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=61598669&f=258To be quite honest I am not hindered one bit by the threat of what would be my first warn since I joined this site years ago. Should that happen, it's already 100% self explanatory what heavy handed measures they are willing to take just to make me shut up about something that has needed to be addressed for quite a few years now.
-->IF YOU VOTE NO, I would ask that you please give a detailed reason why opening these names to others would not be a good addition to the site. Simple "It'll never happen..." does not offer any legitimate argument to the contrary of any of my postings. Thanks!